Steve Staveley accuses the council majority of manufacturing a fiscal crisis to justify trimming staff by half. The city manager condemns the memo as 'unprofessional' and 'potentially libelous.'

Costa Mesa's police chief resigned abruptly Monday, leaving behind a blistering four-page memo that calls the City Council majority "unethical and immoral" and accuses them of manufacturing a fiscal crisis in order to slash the city's workforce by nearly half.